tele

See also: Tele, télé, telē, tele-, and télé-

English

Noun

tele (plural teles)

1. (Britain, slang, rare) television

Usage notes

• The more usual shortening of the word is telly.

Anagrams

• Leet, Teel, leet, teel

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]

Noun

tele n

1. calf (young cow or bull)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	tele	telata
genitive	telete	telat
dative	teleti	telatům
accusative	tele	telata
vocative	tele	telata
locative	teleti	telatech
instrumental	teletem	telaty

Related terms

• telátko

See also

• kráva
• býk
• vůl
• semetrika

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːlə

Verb

tele

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of telen

Anagrams

• eelt, teel

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Finnish

Etymology

Short for teleobjektiivi.

Noun

tele

1. (photographing, colloquial) telephoto lens

Declension

Inflection of tele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		tele	telet
genitive		telen	telejen
partitive		teleä	telejä
illative		teleen	teleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tele	telet
accusative	nom.	tele	telet
	gen.	telen
genitive		telen	telejen teleinrare
partitive		teleä	telejä
inessive		telessä	teleissä
elative		telestä	teleistä
illative		teleen	teleihin
adessive		telellä	teleillä
ablative		teleltä	teleiltä
allative		telelle	teleille
essive		telenä	teleinä
translative		teleksi	teleiksi
instructive		—	telein
abessive		telettä	teleittä
comitative		—	teleineen

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tele f (plural telis)

1. cloth
2. canvas

Derived terms

• tele di ragn

See also

• tiessi

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Galician

Etymology

Short for televisión.

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

1. Clipping of televisión; television

Synonyms

• (collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television): televisión
• (device for receiving television signals): televisor, televisión

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: te‧le

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *täwde. Cognates include Finnish täysi, Estonian täis.

Adverb

tele (not comparable)

1. full (of something -val/-vel)

   Tele van a ház pókokkal. ― The house is full of spiders.

Synonyms

• teli (comparable)

Antonyms

• üresen

Adjective

tele (not comparable)

1. full (of something -val/-vel)

   Egy tele pohár vizet kaptak. ― They got a full glass of water.

   vízzel tele pohár ― glass full of water

Synonyms

• teli (comparable)

Antonyms

• üres

See also

• tele van a hócipője

Etymology 2

Shortened from teleobjektív.

Noun

tele (plural telék)

1. (photography, slang) telephoto lens (lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects)

   Synonym: teleobjektív

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tele	telék
accusative	telét	teléket
dative	telének	teléknek
instrumental	telével	telékkel
causal-final	teléért	telékért
translative	telévé	telékké
terminative	teléig	telékig
essive-formal	teleként	telékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	telében	telékben
superessive	telén	teléken
adessive	telénél	teléknél
illative	telébe	telékbe
sublative	telére	telékre
allative	teléhez	telékhez
elative	teléből	telékből
delative	teléről	telékről
ablative	telétől	teléktől

Possessive forms of tele
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	telém	teléim
2nd person sing.	teléd	teléid
3rd person sing.	teléje	teléi
1st person plural	telénk	teléink
2nd person plural	telétek	teléitek
3rd person plural	teléjük	teléik

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Italian

Noun

tele f pl

1. plural of tela

Noun

tele f

1. (informal) telly (UK), TV

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Latvian

Tele

Noun

tele f (5th declension)

1. female calf, immature cow, heifer

   pērnā tele ― the heifer from last year

   šķirnes tele ― a heifer of good breed

   grūsna tele ― pregnant heifer

   te Tibils visu vasaru turēja savus lopus: divas teles, abas slaucamās govis, aitas un zirgus ― here Tibils kept his animals all summer: the two heifers, both dairy cows, the sheep and the horses

   nopētīju savu ganāmpulki, vai kāda no govīm, īpaši telēm, netaisās laisties blēņās uz zirņu lauku ― he kept an eye on his herd, in case one of the cows, especially the heifers, wanted to play any tricks on the pea fields

Declension

Declension of tele (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	tele	teles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	teli	teles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	teles	teļu
dative (datīvs)	telei	telēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	teli	telēm
locative (lokatīvs)	telē	telēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	tele	teles

See also

• liellops
• govs
• bullis
• teļš, telēns
• vērsis

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Norwegian

Noun

tele m

1. Frozen layer of earth

   Det er tele i jorda. - The earth is frozen. (lit. It is 'tele' in the earth)

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Portuguese

Verb

tele

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of telar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of telar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of telar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of telar

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Samoan

Adjective

tele

1. big

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /těle/
• Hyphenation: te‧le

Noun

tèle n (Cyrillic spelling тѐле)

1. calf

Declension

Declension of tele

	singular
nominative	tèle
genitive	tèleta
dative	teletu
accusative	tele
vocative	tele
locative	teletu
instrumental	teletom

This word has no plural, but the collective noun tȅlād is used instead.

See also

• gleda kao tele u šarena vrata

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛlɛ/

Noun

tele

1. locative singular of telo

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ̀ːlɛ/
• Tonal orthography: téle

Noun

têle n (genitive teléta, nominative plural teléta)

1. calf

Declension

Declension of tele (neuter, t-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tele	teleti	teleta
accusative	tele	teleti	teleta
genitive	teleta	telet	telet
dative	teletu	teletoma	teletom
locative	teletu	teletih	teletih
instrumental	teletom	teletoma	teleti

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Spanish

Etymology

Short for televisión.

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

1. Clipping of televisión; television

Synonyms

• (collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television): televisión
• (device for receiving television signals): televisor, televisión

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Swahili

Adjective

tele (invariable)

1. abundant